After looking at several comparisons between the 3200 Athlon 64 and the Pentium 4 3.2 GHz, I would like to be able to advise my friend to purchase an Athlon 64 based system. Unfortunately, the only major vendor that offers an Athlon 64 system seems to be HP. Based on past experience I am very hesitant to recommend an HP system.

After looking online I found elitepc.com and found a fairly intriguing system in their 4900 series system.